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Originally Posted by DBlain  I never saw the movies and had not heard his name until the accident but I must say he was one heck of a good looking guy and from I have read very charitable. A couple of things that I read that no one mentioned here is the area they were in was known for street racing, but it was sort of an industrial park with little traffic and even less so on a weekend. Also the reason the car looks so mangled and the bodies not easy to recognize is during the crash they hit a gas line and the car was almost instantly in gulfed in flames. who knows what the outcome might have been had they not hit the gas line, probably not good but maybe not so bad as well. |
I think people are assuming that the pipe coming out of the ground at the site of the crash is a gas line. The pipe is still intact, and I doubt a gas line would be exposed like that. Also, no evidence of any crews on sight to fix any gas leak. I have seen a ruptured gas line in Chicago. It created a fireball 6 stories high next to a hospital.
I think Paul Walker and his friend were likely killed on impact, hitting the light pole that fell to the ground.
I looked at Google maps of the area where the car shop and this crash occurred. Reminds me very much of the 1 mile loop of my neighborhood. I can't believe the speed limit is 45 mph on the straightaways and then drops to 15 at the curves. That is crazy!
However, it looks like they were traveling on the straight part when they crashed. Even if all of the steering fluid fell out, that wouldn't mean the car would be impossible to steer. It would just be harder. Such a perplexing and tragic accident.